Context: Recent launch of Brazil’s Amazonia-1 satellite by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and export of COVID vaccines (Vaccine Maitri) demonstrate the diplomatic potential of India’s knowledge economy.
Base of technological success of space and pharmaceutical industry -
Examples to India’s declining knowledge diplomacy:
India’s knowledge economy: An Analysis
Conclusion: Space and Pharma are at the apex of the narrow pyramid of the knowledge economy. Therefore, their success should not remain an exception and should filter down to other aspects of India’s soft power.